Sentences with phrase «wage a debate on»

I'm surprised CNN is willing to wage a debate on «science» vs. «creationism» with Bill as the spokesperson for the «science» side of the debate... I know, he IS the «Science Guy»... well, I'm bald and fat, but that doesn't make me an expert on follicular transplants or endocrinology.

Not exact matches

With that cheeky introduction by host Carlos Watson, the PBS debate show Point Taken last night dove headlong into the fractious debate of salary transparency that has been gaining steam of late, especially as a way to bridge widening wage gaps based on gender, race, and social class.

Minimum wage levels are set by the provinces, and Ontario's decision to raise its baseline requirement to $ 11 an hour earlier this year sparked significant debate about the economic impact on workers and employers.

There are many theories on the inconsistent wage growth, with debates reignited with every monthly fluctuation in average hourly earnings.

The most important labor debate in the country right now isn't the minimum wage issue that President Obama spent so much time on in his SOTU speech this week.

With support from the White House for a higher federal minimum wage, as well as two plans from congressional Democrats to hike the federal floor to $ 12 and $ 15 an hour by 2020, expect the wage debate to intensify in 2016 on the presidential campaign trail.

On the minimum wage debate, «we're staying neutral on the issue,» said Brooke Buchanan, a spokeswoman for Wal - Mart, America's largest private employeOn the minimum wage debate, «we're staying neutral on the issue,» said Brooke Buchanan, a spokeswoman for Wal - Mart, America's largest private employeon the issue,» said Brooke Buchanan, a spokeswoman for Wal - Mart, America's largest private employer.

There are highly partisan policy debates in which I have gladly joined on the conservative side — on federal enterprise zones, on a youth opportunity wage, on educational vouchers for low - income students, on stimulating ownership among responsible public - housing tenants, on requiring work from able - bodied welfare recipients, on dealing sternly with those who violently brutalize their neighbors.

I'm trying to steer clear of wage debates from now on but someone posted a blog (Alex49 or something similar) where he listed all players and their wages obtained from an unnamed source not at the club.

Even something as isolated and simple as effect of minimal wage magnitude on low - income employment is inconclusively debated among economists, and this is actually something relatively simple and easy to study, comparatively.

Raising the minimum wage has been a hotly debated issue in the state in the past and Valesky says that's the point, putting this discussion on the Senate floor.

That's according to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who in an interview on NY1 after last night's Brooklyn debate said the exchange over the wage issue highlighted the main differences between the two candidates.

On Oct. 28, Grimm and Recchia faced each other in their final debate before Election Day, fighting over issues such as immigration, the minimum wage and transportation.

Massachusetts State Senate President Therese Murray last week raised the possibility of a debate in the legislature this year on raising the state's minimum wage.

While the Kingsbridge Armory battle centered on wages at one project, the wage bill seeks to expand the debate to developments across the city that receive public subsidies worth more than $ 100,000, whether in discounted land sales, tax credits or other incentives.

And pundits told Kramer the last thing Albany needs right now is more chaos, especially since high stakes debates on such issues such as increasing the minimum wage and raising the cap on charter schools must be resolved before the session ends in June.

As debate about the Living Wage goes on this week, much of it will revolve around whether or not more businesses can afford to pay it (an early salvo published today by Unison concludes the LW will be a win - win for low paid people and the wider economy).

Amid the debate on raising the state minimum wage, the labor - backed Fiscal Policy Institute released an analysis that contends business profits per worker increased much more than labor compensation in the state between 2001 and 2013.

The real voice of reason in this race comes instead from left field, from Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins, who has waged a consistently serious race and who on Wednesday issued a call for his fellow candidates to stop arguing about sports teams and debate issues like jobs, health care and climate change.

From the color of lights on an iconic building to a $ 15 minimum wage to a family - leave policy he signed into law without public debate, Cuomo's control of New York is unlike anything seen in recent times.

While the debate waged on, the fleeing lawmakers and protests at the state capitol made national headlines.

The stupefying spot marked Cruz's latest attack on New York in a war the small - minded Texas senator first waged during a debate in January, when he insulted «New York values.»

He even seemed to gain the upper hand on Mr. Donovan in two fiery debates, one televised, embarrassing Mr. Donovan when the Republican appeared unable to answer his question of what the federal minimum wage is.

Today's lead editorial in the Times Union lambasted Cuomo & Astorino for failing to run serious campaigns and praised Howie Hawkins, writing «The real voice of reason in this race comes instead from left field, from Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins, who has waged a consistently serious race and who on Wednesday issued a call for his fellow candidates to stop arguing about sports teams and debate issues like jobs, health care and climate change.»

Ultimately, the discussion about the complex system for workers injured on the job has many moving parts and may have been more than all the parties could handle — given other issues they are debating such as minimum wage and family leave.

At the campaign rally as, at this week's gubernatorial debate, Hawkins called for a $ 15 an hour minimum wage and to fund essential state services by increasing taxes on the rich while cutting taxes for 95 % of New Yorkers.

He and Cuomo are still debating whether to require developers pay construction workers a prevailing wage on 421 - a projects — an issue he said Cuomo «manufactured.»

CITY HALL — After months of heated debate and demonstrations, City Council Speaker Christine announced a deal Friday afternoon on controversial legislation that would force developers who receive big city subsidies to pay their workers more than the minimum wage but would exempt their tenants from doing the same.

In the wake of the general election, there were reports of debates within the Cabinet about whether to ease the constraints on public sector pay and try to reverse wage stagnation.

All of these traits show up in the dividend debate that was waged on your site and in those who raised their hands at your investment seminar when you asked them if they beat the market.

In this sense, McEvilley was reminiscent of an earlier poet - critic, Harold Rosenberg, especially in that his famous debate with the Museum of Modern Art's William Rubin and Kirk Varnedoe mirrored the legendary ideological battles Rosenberg waged with Clement Greenberg, the father of eurocentric reductionism, at least on the American shore.

Predictably, a confused public was left with the impression there was an honest debate taking place, when instead a well - funded propaganda campaign was being waged on independent science.

There too the debate on whether the country will accept the system — and whether or not juries are a good thing to begin with — has been waged for a few years now.

While Bill 148 Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act, 2017 (S.O. 2017 c. 22)-- including mandated minimum wage increases January 1, 2018 and January 1, 2019 — received Royal Assent November 27, second reading debate continued on Bill 177 Stronger, Fairer Ontario Act (Budget Measures).